JUST IN | City of Joburg council elects member from one of metro's smallest parties as mayor
JUST IN | City of Joburg council elects member from one of metro's smallest parties as mayorHe beat ActionSA councillor Funzi Ngobeni and former mayor Mpho Phalatse.
Police spokesperson, Sergeant Mahlomola Kareli, said officers at the Gariepdam police station received a distress call about an accident involving two trucks on the N1. A senior Gauteng SAPS officer was robbed of his private pistol and belongings at gunpoint in Midrand on Thursday, provincial police said.
Sias had pleaded not guilty to murder and claimed he found Cremer's body in the boot of her stolen Toyota Auris after he took it for a joyride on 3 August 2019, the same day she had gone missing.Over 5000 Enoch Mgijima municipality residents protest over 'poor service' delivery "No further incidents [have been reported]. The crowd is now calm and is congregating near the municipal offices. Four men were arrested last the weekend after two victims were taken from a home during a kidnapping incident in Thubelitsha, Cape Town.
The suspects are set to make their first appearance at the Bellville Magistrate's Court on charges of kidnapping, theft of a motor vehicle, and torture this week.A suspected taxi hitman who was wanted for eight taxi related murders was fatally wounded during a shootout on Monday. Eastern Cape police have launched a manhunt for a suspect that allegedly shot and killed a man during an argument over an illegal electricity connection on Tuesday.
Eastern Cape police are investigating three counts of murder after the bodies of three men were found on the R408, between Dutywa and Willowvale. The case has been postponed until Monday, 30 January, for a formal bail application. Both accused will remain in custody.Two flights delayed after private airplane veers off runway at Cape Town International Airport
"The two started running away in different directions, but one of them sustained multiple gunshot wounds while the other survived without injuries.Anyone with information can contact their nearest police station, report anonymous tip-offs on the MySaps application, or call the police Crime Stop Line at 08600 10111.
"Our Metro Police and Taxi Enforcement Unit quickly arrived on the scene and secured the area around the police station. Tracing operations have commenced, and additional charges of escaping from lawful custody will be brought against the offender," said Smith.Three men have been shot and killed in Cape Town at the weekend. The men, aged between 28 and 30, were shot in Gugulethu on Sunday evening, said police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa.
Siyaya, who faces 20 counts of culpable homicide, appeared in court on Wednesday. The charges relate to a fatal accident in September last year. The woman, a security officer attached to the airport, was with her colleague when the attack happened. The High Court in Johannesburg will hear President Cyril Ramaphosa's private prosecution challenge in May.
Gauteng police shot and killed four robbers and wounded two others during a high-speed chase in Glen Austin, Midrand, on Wednesday morning. National Sea Rescue Institute Gordon's Bay station commander Alan Meiklejohn said emergency personnel responded to reports of two people in difficulty in the surf at Strand Beach on Tuesday afternoon.During a search, his body was spotted underwater on the sea bed.
The two men were found lying in different bedrooms of the four-room house, said police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Thabo Covane.The victims have since been identified as Moeketsi Van Breda, 20, and Gosiame Makhanya, 25.– Nicole McCainEastern Cape police have arrested one person after the body of a 37-year-old man was found in a suitcase and dumped in a stream near Pahlane Street in Newvale, Komani.
Another person has been arrested after being linked to the deadly Soweto tavern shooting, bringing the number of people that have since been nabbed for the murders to six.He is expected to face a string of charges, including murder. Sixteen people were killed last year at Mdlalose Tavern in Nomzamo Park, Soweto. Police collected more than 130 spent AK47 cartridges from the scene.
Gauteng police spokesperson Colonel Dimakatso Sello said the man was arrested on Friday after being found with partially burned cash and a detonator. According to the Vereeniging and Vanderbijlpark SPCA, several authorities were on the ground searching for the privately owned tiger.
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